Quieting the Noise to Find Jesus: feat. Kristen Welch | Episode 310

Описание: Timestamps:
00:31 – A New Calling to Slow Down
00:39 – Quieting the Noise to Find the Secret Place With Jesus.
00:49 – Busyness as a Cultural Idol
01:45 – Why We Resist Stillness
03:10 – Sitting with Jesus, Not Just Serving Him
05:02 – Parenting in a Noisy World
07:18 – The Myth of Productivity
09:06 – The Value of Learning to Say No
11:14 – The Secret Place with Jesus
13:27 – Gratitude Is Born in Stillness
15:42 – Obedience Over Achievement
18:05 – Final Thoughts on Kristen Welch's New book
21:08 – A Prayerful Encouragement
21:15 – A Closing Invitation to Stillness

Our culture doesn’t just move fast—it demands that we keep up. But what do our souls, our families, and our faith lose when we never slow down?

Jonathan Youssef is joined again by author and nonprofit leader Kristen Welch for a deeply honest discussion about busyness, spiritual burnout, and the life-giving invitation to sit with Jesus. Kristen shares how years of faithful work and constant activity slowly led her toward spiritual depletion and how solitude and surrender became the pathway back to intimacy with God.

Together, Jonathan and Kristen explore the dangers of equating productivity with faithfulness, the role of spiritual disciplines in a distracted world, and what it looks like to lead and live from a place of rest rather than striving.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear About:
Why busyness is often celebrated, but spiritually dangerous
The difference between doing things for God and being with God
How distraction can quietly create distance from the Lord
The role of silence, solitude, and Sabbath in spiritual formation
Learning to listen for God’s voice in a noisy, over-stimulated world
Creating rhythms and habits that form us toward Christ
Rediscovering identity as a child of God, not a performer

About Kristen Welch

Kristen Welch is an author, speaker, and the founder of the global non-profit, Mercy House Global. She is currently writing a forthcoming book titled The Little Big Life: Quieting the Noise to Find the Secret Place with Jesus, to be released in the fall of 2026.

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